by colorblind. » Tue Aug 13, 2013 10:34 pm
there were signs. the scientist picked up the first one long before anyone acknowledged it.
global warming was just some fantasy. or perhaps it was just part of nature; an occurrence
that would pass just as quickly as it had appeared. it was nature's cycle. nothing to worry
over.
but it wasn't just some fantasy.
it took them another 33 years to realize.
the year is 2046.
planet earth is still standing,
but only just.
the population is estimated at about 7,000,000.
that's one / one-thousandth of the last confirmed population of planet earth,
before they left us.
temperature's rose and fell.
global warming got worse.
crops were scarce.
there was always too much water, or not enough.
most people starved.
or fell victim to extreme weather.
earthquakes got stronger, and more frequent.
tsunami's, heat-waves, floods.
and yet, we kept fighting.
radio is the only thing we have to keep in contact with each other.
we make use of what we have;
batteries and hand powered generators.
fire to cook, and whatever we can find to eat.
I always thought the apocalypse would be more like a movie;
zombies, and heroes who came to save the day.
but that's not what happened.
they all left us; the rich, the famous and the influential.
everyone else was left to rot;
on a planet falling to pieces.
